Table 1

Main outcomes and measures

OutcomesIndicators
Health status on arrivalImmunisation rates (hepatitis B, tetanus and measles)
Chronic conditions screened systematically: rates %: growth problems, dental carries, scoliosis, anaemia, tuberculosis (active and latent), parasitic infections, nutritional deficiencies (iron and vitamin D deficiencies) and mental disorders
Top 5 categories of other chronic conditions (eg, asthma, epilepsy and diabetes)
Utilisation of healthcare services (4 sectors):
Primary care clinic
Subspecialties (including mental health)
Emergency room
Inpatient wards
Overall number of visits per year and by care sector
Average number of visits per person per year per care sector
Proportion of emergency room visits of total visits per year
Average number of emergency room visits per person per year
Overall number of hospital admissions per year
Average number of hospital admissions per person per year
Frequent user and low user38Rates of frequent users (recurrent visits) defined as those at the top 10th percentile of visits per year at the AYA clinic
Rates of low users defined as those at the lower 10th percentile of visits per year at the AYA clinic
Reasons for encounterFrequency and percentage of the 10 most common reasons by care sector
Discharge diagnosisFor emergency room visits and hospitalisations (ICD-10 coding applicable): frequency and percentage of the top 10 diagnoses made by physicians
For visits at the primary care service (the AYA clinic): frequency and percentage of 4 major categories (injury/surgery, infectious, mental health and miscellaneous), based on re-classification of the free-text diagnoses reported by the primary care physicians
  • AYA, Adolescent and Young Adult; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.